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CRAFTBOOKS ON SALE!

Baby Love: Ornaments and Memories - RM20
~Spiral-bound

This book is chock-full of inspiring creations from baby gifts, cards and thank you notes to baby home decor and shower ideas.

THE CRAFTER'S DESIGN LIBRARY - FAIRIES

NOW 3bks@RM100~while stock last!

~Paperback
~128 Pages
~over 350 charming fairy motifs, including:

• Famous Fairies
• Fairy babes
• Seasonal Fairies
• Fairy Tales
• Trolls and Ogres
• Party Fairies
• Woodland Fairies
• Sprites and Elves
• Fairy Dwellings
• Pixies
• Animal Fairies
• Manga Fairies
• Garden Fairies
• Floral Fairies
• Bedtime Fairies

~Images capture the essence of fairy land, with fairy tale scenery, enchanting new fantasy friends and classic characters, as well as a fairy alphabet and decorative borders

~Includes an illustrated guide to applying the motifs using a variety of techniques to inspire crafters to create wonderful cards, captivating gifts and a host of unique treasures

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QUILTING/APPLIQUE 

 

Love mariner's compasses, but think they look complicated? They're not! Not with this super easy no math method from M'liss Rae Hawley. Start with no fail, step-by-step instructions for a compass, then choose from four exciting projects. Complete photos, cutting instructions, and assembly diagrams, plus finishing and embellishing techniques and a big idea gallery make Mariner's Medallion Quilts the book that steers quilters on a steady course.

Orphan Block Quilts includes:
*14 projects, with 11 variations. From full-size bed quilts to table runners, these projects incorporate blocks from the 1880s to the 1950s.
*Instructions on caring for your orphan blocks. Find out about the common problems you might encounter with your orphans, and how to work with them.
*Advice on designing a setting. Not only does Tricia provide guidance on creating companions blocks and finding companion fabric, she also offers insight on how she overcame the design challenges of each project.
*The story behind each quilt. In addition to historical information about various fabrics and blocks, Tricia shares the stories of two of the blockmakers, providing a precious glimpse of the lives sewn into the seams of the blocks.


Wonderful for children's items,  many of the patterns in this book. Very easy to follow with wonderful results.


All quilters have a fabric stash at home that they don't know how to use. Cindy Casciato gives you inspiring quilt patterns, many with size and color variations, to showcase your stash fabrics with a zinger fabric thrown in for splash. You will also learn time-saving techniques, explore new fabric cutting methods, and receive tips and hints from quilting expert Nancy Zieman.Cindy has put a great deal of thought into this book and has a solution for various genres of fabrics like fat quarters, fabric strips, fabric squares and fabric leftovers. There are 18 different quilt ideas in this book, but wait, there's more.
A fantastic DVD accompanies this publication, so you really have two instructional tools, a book and the DVD. First time quilters will find this extremely useful, as will the more experienced quilters. 

CROCHET/KNITTING 

In Sweater Renewal, Sharon Franco Rothschild goes green in full color, showing you how to rescue your old woolen knits and give them renewed life as felted creations. With little or no knitting experience, you can refashion blankets, sweaters, scarves, or even hand-knitted pieces into vibrant clothing, accessories,
and home decor. The only requirement is that they are made of wool.
The 25 colorful, cheerful projects in Sweater Renewal incorporate a diverse range of skills including felting, appliqué, crochet, sewing, and embroidery and range from Short, Sweet & Simple Projects using felted sweaters, such as a cell phone holder and a Fair Isle digital camera case, to Knitted, Felted & Fantastic Projects that you knit and then felt, such as a purse and a felted scarf. Most can be finished in less than a day, some in a few hours. 

Using both knitting skills and felting techniques in which knitted materials are shrunk in hot water to create softer, fuzzier fabrics, the 22 designs featured here encompass a broad array of clothing styles and designs for toddlers and young children. There's a Jurassic Jacket for aspiring paleontologists, Groovy Gloves sure to keep little fingers warm on a blustery autumn day, and a Princess Cape that will become the prize possession of any young girl. Complete technical instructions, diagrams, charts, and color photography ensure that anyone can complete the projects.

Baby Crochet

SEWING/STITCHES

Create beautifully stitched samplers inspired by the subjects closest to your heart - your own home and garden. Any home can make interesting embroidery, and with all the know-how for the beginner and experienced needleworker, Create Your Home in Counted Thread shows you how Sample designs for a variety of house styles, together with explanations and photographs, are provided to guide and inspire. The author revives techniques from the past, combining them with styles of today to stunning effect. A comprehensive section covering an abundance of stitches shows you how to work the threads to suggest texture and to create warmth and interest in the design. Using the careful step-by-step instructions, advice on colour, layout, borders and framing, you can create lovely and unusual samplers featuring your own house and garden.

Stitch a Beautiful Garden with Donna Dewberry

Add the charm of Donna's English garden motifs to your home, your wardrobe and your gifts without lifting a paintbrush! It's "sew" easy with Donna Dewberry's Machine Embroidery Flowers.

Eighteen exquisitely detailed machine embroidery designs bring Donna's most beloved One-Stroke garden motifs to life beneath the needle of your embroidery machine.

Donna Dewberry's Machine Embroidery Flowers and companion CD-ROM include:

• 18 exclusive designs, including Donna's signature rose, in formats of all embroidery machines
• 150+ illustrations and color photos
• 15+ inspiring projects for home, fashion and gifts
• Easy-to-follow instructions for embroiderers of any skill level

Start stitching with Donna today!

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PAPERCRAFT/SCRAPBOOKING

The use of modern technology makes an inspiring connection between cloth and paper. Ahead of her time, this innovative artist was on the forefront of scrapbooking with her bestselling book Applique Paper Greetings. In this updated version, you can explore the joys of an artful memorabilia presentation. Elly describes scrapbooking as 'artistic sensibility intertwined with sentiment.' In eight sequential lessons, this renowned author and authority teaches card making for any occasion, from simple cut-out designs to more complex pop-ups, colorful mobiles, and banners. Ribbon flowers and other embellishments are offered, as well as TechnoFancies, which are cards decorated by the sewing machine. Easy-to-use, readily available, fusible web bonding is the main supply for binding fabric to paper to create these customary and delightful greetings. Stitchers and cutters, quilters and card makers become kindred spirits in this delightful mix of media.

Wherever there's a game, cameras are clicking—and that means lots of treasured sports snapshots to preserve. Whether it's a picture of a child's Little League tournament or a photo of a World Series showdown, show it off in an exciting scrapbook. With these super ideas for displaying everything from action shots and athletes portraits to memorabilia, sports fans can jump right on in and get creative. Eye-catching layouts show how to commemorate a game's high points and play with football, baseball, basketball, and soccer images. Capture the thrill of tennis, gymnastics, and martial arts. Plus, try the fun suggestions for getting wet and wild with photographs of various water sports—even snorkeling and scuba diving.

A fresh and fabulous collection of 50 hand picked papercraft projects inspired by all things floral, Say it with flowers, with unique designs for birthdays, weddings, Christmas, Mother's day and much more.Create gorgeous cards, stunning gifts, pretty tags and coordinating envelopes using an array of techniques.Easy-to-adapt designs and inspiring variations allow creativity to blossom.Discover dazzling embellishments and funky papers to complement any theme, perfect for that extra-special flowery flourish.

Styles include;

~Contemporary chic, Floral fairies, Funky flowers, True romance, Vintage vogue

For everyone tempted to forego expensive, store-bought birthday cards and make their own unique, personalized greetings, this new, visually-packed guide is essential. From buying papers and making envelopes to assembling beads, collectibles, pressed flowers, and odds-and-ends for materials, getting started is fun and easy. In 24 inspiring projects from renowned giftcard designers, basic techniques are mastered quickly, including quilling, painting, wire and beadwork, iris-folding, and coluzzle. And there's a card for every special someone, from a contemporary Make-a-Wish-Cake to a classy Trio of Roses.

Cards for Men & Boys:
Over 70 Inspirational Designs for the Men in Your Life

This work enables you to create special handmade greetings cards guaranteed to surprise the guys. Over 70 designs reflect the hobbies and interests of all ages in special themed chapters that include step-by-step projects, variation ideas and galleries. This book includes special occasions throughout the year plus personal milestones and celebrations, and features practical advice on creating personalized, masculine themed cards, from choosing colours and subject matter to suitable sentiments and presentation. Full instructions and clever tips ensure cards that are each unique, classic, stylish or simply good fun - just like the men in your life!

Review:
Great ideas for those hard cards!

I have been making cards for many years and always have a creativity problem when it comes to designing cards for men. I tend to feel that the masculine cards are more boring and plain with not many options for spicing them up.... enter this wonderful book. It provided many examples that can be copied or that may just jog your mind to come up with the perfect card for the perfect guy! The one ''draw back'' would be that the book is very much theme oriented - if you don''t know the man really well - and know his likes/dislikes/hobbies etc, the designs are very limited. But still a great book to have for the card enthusiast!

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BEADING/JEWELRY

From the single strand and pendant to the Lariat and Sautoir, beading expert Dorothy Wood brings ten timeless necklace styles up-to-date in this stunning guide. A variety of complementary accessory projects including rings, watchstraps, bracelets, earrings and more are offered in addition to more than 35 striking necklace designs. A creative gallery accompanies each style for added inspiration. Clear photography, step-by-step instructions and design ideas allow you to enjoy the art of necklace making.


The results are amazing and quickly achievable, especially with this stunningly photographed introduction to the craft. In addition to the thorough motif dictionary, which serves as a helpful reference to turn to again and again, it showcases more than 20 skill-building projects.

A Bead in Time features;
~35 exquisite jewelry projects inspired by personal memories and experiences serve as a basis for creating new looks.
~Beautiful designs suitable for beaders of all experience levels. Unique stringing techniques - from wire wrapping to the peyote stitch - are explained in clear, easy-to-follow steps.
~Get Inspired! sections offer suggestions for designing pieces based on your personal memories. 

 

Elegant, sparkling, vibrant and truly exquisite - create your own stunning crystal jewelry with this stylish project collection
~Presents over 30 step-by-step projects made with Swarovski Elements, including Swarovski Beads, Pendants, Flat Backs and Crystal Pearls, in seemingly endless different shapes, sizes, colors and effects
~Expertly blends the crystals with other beautiful beads and jewelry findings; techniques such as wirework and bead stitching produce distinctively designer results
~Inspires with necklaces, bracelets, earrings and accessories presented in dazzling colorways with themes.

In Bead and Wire Jewelry Exposed, well-known designers Katie Hacker, Fernando DaSilva and Margot Potter offer over 50 high-fashion jewelry pieces made using unique techniques that reveal typically hidden components such as beading wire, cording, findings, tubing and chain as the central focus of the design. While the pieces may look complex, the techniques are simple enough for beginners - yet sophisticated enough for the veteran jewelry crafter. A comprehensive getting started section provides information on the supplies, tools and techniques you'll need to make all of the projects in the book.

2000 COLOR COMBINATION

GREAT REFERENCE SOURCE FOR COLOR COMBINATION~PROMO RM45 

Graphic artists, commercial art directors, Web designers, clothing designers, and serious art students will constantly refer to this book for inspiration and guidance. It presents an exhaustive range of color combinations, and includes RGB (red, green, blue) and CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) readings to connect print, Web, and pigment color designs. Color combinations and color relations are presented flat and opaque, and in neutral elemental formats that demonstrate color relationships independent of any specific medium. The author also includes images of real world objects, demonstrating color combinations that work together. This book is certain to become an invaluable reference source for designers in all media.

SALE~MAKING POP-UPS & NOVELTY CARDS

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MAKING POP-UPS & NOVELTY CARDS

~Hardcover

~256 pages

A masterclass n the art of paper engineering.Learn the mechanics of making your own paper pop-up and novelt cards with over 100 innovative pop-up techniques and projects to follow.Features exciting pop-up projects of every level from simple cards to more complex architectural designs.Includes useful tips on choosing appropriate paper and card and a comprehensive guide to materials, basic techniques and troubleshooting, every project and technique is clearly explained with easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions and more than 1000beautiful photographs. 

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